Effectiveness of multifactorial interventions in primary health care settings for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: A systematic review of systematic reviews

Abstract Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of multifactorial interventions carried out in the community setting to decrease cardiovascular risk in healthy patients. Methods Systematic review of the MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases from January 1980 to January...

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Published in:	Preventive medicine 2015-07, Vol.76, p.S68-S75
Main Authors:	Álvarez-Bueno, Celia, Cavero-Redondo, Iván, Martínez-Andrés, María, Arias-Palencia, Natalia, Ramos-Blanes, Rafael, Salcedo-Aguilar, Fernando
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Allied Health Personnel Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control Humans Internal Medicine Preventive health Primary Health Care Primary Prevention Review Risk Factors Risk Reduction Behavior
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Summary:	Abstract Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of multifactorial interventions carried out in the community setting to decrease cardiovascular risk in healthy patients. Methods Systematic review of the MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science and Cochrane Library databases from January 1980 to January 2014. Identified for inclusion were systematic reviews of clinical trials that included multifactorial interventions carried out in primary care or community settings, targeting more than one cardiovascular risk factor, and implementing more than one type of intervention. The methodological quality of the included articles was evaluated using the AMSTAR tool. Results Eight systematic reviews were selected, including 219 studies. All of these reviews provided information about the effectiveness of multifactorial interventions in reducing mortality and morbidity due to cardiovascular diseases. Four reviews reported moderate effectiveness and four showed limited effectiveness. Conclusion Multifactorial community interventions improve cardiovascular risk factors and have a small but potentially important effect on mortality. These interventions seem to be more effective in the at-risk population and when they are carried out at a high level of intensity.
ISSN:	0091-7435 1096-0260